All This Could Be Yours: A Searing Southern Family Drama About Confronting Bad Men and Toxic Legacy
Jami Attenberg
A terrible patriarch is dying in New Orleans while his family reckons with everything he was. Attenberg is so good on messy families.
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All Grown Up
Jami Attenberg
A single, childless, artistic woman in New York, refusing to apologize for her life. Sharp and honest.
★ 5The Correspondent
Virginia Evans
The protagonist of this beautiful novel is a 73-year-old woman processing her life — and regrets — through letters. It’s poignant but not saccharine, specific but universally appealing. I dare you not to cry.
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
An older woman tells her daughters about the summer she spent performing alongside — and falling in love with — a now-famous actor. My friend Anna said her husband adored this book just as much as she did — impressive, considering he typically reads business non-fiction.